Benefits of High Quality Cloud Recovery Solutions
In the past, disaster recovery planning involved infrastructure deployments that could cost nearly as much as your primary point of presence. Disaster recovery plans were very expensive and time consuming to create. The production infrastructure that was defined as mission critical essentially had to be replicated in the disaster recovery site. This duplication involved a second set of servers, network equipment and expensive replication software to maintain a reasonable RTO and RPO for recovery. To add to the financial "sting," this solution also meant a lot of wasted server and network infrastructure resources sitting idle until needed.
Some businesses, simply constrained by their budget, would resort to disaster recovery plans that involved only a subset of their mission critical infrastructure and compromise on systems that shouldn't be compromised. Worse yet, some companies' disaster recovery plans involve procuring equipment and secondary data center space after the disaster had occurred and relying on offsite data backups to restore their systems. Recovery time and recovery point objectives were measured in days or weeks rather than minutes or hours.
Cloud Recovery
Businesses need a better solution that meets critical system's aggressive RTO and RPO requirements and fits within their budget. The advent of cloud computing has provided an excellent platform to enable "Cloud Recovery." Cloud Recovery leverages the elasticity of the cloud to deliver cost effective disaster recovery solutions for businesses.
Businesses no longer need to invest in or manage dedicated server and network hardware in their disaster recovery site. Cloud infrastructure inherently enables easy and frequent data replication between sites and systems - another key component to maintaining data integrity and reducing RTO and RPO times. Because the cloud resources are pooled, the costs to deliver Cloud Recovery solutions to businesses are a fraction of the cost normally associated with a disaster recovery environment.
Whether your existing production infrastructure is physical, virtual or in the cloud today, a Cloud Recovery solution could be an excellent way to execute your organization's DRP needs.
High Quality Cloud Recovery Offering
- RTO and RPO to Fit Within Your Budget. High quality Cloud Recovery solutions enable aggressive RTO and RPO options to fit within your disaster recovery plan budget. Solutions can be tailored per server depending on your needs. As a result, no reason exists that allow budget constraints to cause a compromise on which critical systems get left behind after a disaster.
- Cloud Recovery in a reputable provider's data centers. Providers host and manage their Cloud Recovery infrastructure in state-of-the-art data centers. The data centers, developed from industry best practices, allow many of their customers to leverage a disaster recovery facility that would otherwise be inaccessible. These data centers should meet the stringent requirements for Tier 3, SAS70 Type II backed operational facilities. These data centers provide a secure, reliable environment for the Cloud Recovery infrastructure maintained by a 24/7 on-site team.
- 99.99% Guaranteed Availability. By leveraging cloud architecture and skilled experts, you have the comfort of knowing your disaster recovery operations are safe and available 24/7. During a disaster recovery event, the Cloud Recovery systems are backed by the same production hosting guarantee offered by a reputable provider's - 99.99% availability.
- No More Hardware Life Cycles to Manage. Cloud Recovery offering frees up capital. There is no need to purchase servers and network gear for your DRP. Businesses don't have to manage hardware lifecycles including support contracts and hardware maintenance agreements on these systems.
Additional benefits of cloud recovery include disaster recovery replication, global load balancing and automated failover, flexibility and scalability. Contact your local cloud recovery specialist for more information about these services.
About the Author:
Chuck Vermillion is CEO and founder of OneNeck IT Services, a leading Enterprise Resource Planning outsource provider helping mid-market companies improve system performance. For more information about cloud recovery solutions and how it can benefit your business, visit our site.
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